Saldaña tweets of Bazan apology

Councilman Rey Saldaña has tweeted that Jeff Bazan, former chief of policy for Elisa Chan, has personally apologized to his “openly gay chief of staff.”

Saldaña then urges Chan to make the same amends with her District 9 residents. Saldaña, who represents the Southwest Side’s District 4, was an early and vocal proponent of Councilman Diego Bernal’s proposal to update the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance.

The D4 councilman was quick to condemn Chan’s comments last week in this story.

There’s been ample discussion around City Hall not only about Chan’s remarks, but also those made by Bazan. What he said on tape (you can hear it here) took just about everyone who knows him by complete surprise. The looming question has been, “Who is the real Jeff Bazan?”

The general consensus around City Hall is that Bazan’s recorded remarks are being made in the context of an overzealous staffer trying to toe the line with his boss. Bazan’s current boss (he’s chief of staff for Ron Nirenberg, though he’s on indefinite administrative leave) has said he doesn’t believe Bazan to truly be what’s heard on the recording.

Here’s Saldaña’s Monday tweet:

I respect J.Bazan apologizing 2 my openly gay ChiefOfStaff who he works with. My colleague should do the same for the residents she works 4.